corrections
Prison violence occurs when prison inmates or personnel use, or threaten to use, physical force in violation of prison regulations and/or criminal law. Prison violence does not include the routine use of force by correctional officers in response to rule violations or disruptive behavior by inmates, although correctional officers sometimes “tune up,” or beat inmates who refuse to obey orders or threaten officers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Prisons, Violence]
special topics offenses
crime and deviance
prison violence
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